POINT TO POINT TRANSPORT (TAXIS AND HIRE VEHICLES) ACT 2016 - As at 1 August 2023 - Act 34 of 2016

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Passenger services
• 5 Taxi services and taxis
• 6 Hire vehicles
• 7 Booking services
• 8 Act to bind Crown

PART 2 - SAFETY OF SERVICES

Division 1 - Safety duties--principles

• 9 Safety duties and standards
• 10 Principles applying to safety duties
• 11 What is "reasonably practicable" in ensuring safety

Division 2 - Primary duty of care

• 12 Primary duty of care of passenger service providers
• 13 Primary duty of care of booking service providers
• 14 Duty of officers
• 15 Duty of drivers
• 16 Safety duty offence--Category 1
• 17 Safety duty offence--Category 2
• 18 Safety duty offence--Category 3
• 19 Multiple contraventions of safety duty provisions

Division 3 - Safety standards

• 20 Standards for passenger service providers and booking service providers
• 21 Standards for drivers
• 22 Standards for owners and taxi licence holders
• 23 Safety standards offences

Division 4 - Miscellaneous

• 24 Notifiable occurrences
• 25 Dismissal or other victimisation of worker
• 26 Relationship with work, health and safety and heavy vehicle legislation

PART 3 - AUTHORISATION OF PROVIDERS OF TAXI SERVICES AND BOOKING SERVICES

Division 1 - Authorisation offences

• 27 Provider of taxi service or booking service must be authorised
• 28 Aggravated provision of unauthorised services
• 29 Provider of taxi service or booking service must comply with authorisation conditions

Division 2 - Applications for authorisation

• 30 Applications for authorisation
• 31 Determination of applications for authorisation generally
• 32 Disqualifying offences
• 33 Close associates
• 34 Grants of authorisation
• 35 Form of authorisation
• 36 Term of authorisation
• 37 Renewal of authorisation
• 38 Notice of authorisation decision
• 39 Joint authorisation

Division 3 - Conditions of authorisation

• 40 Conditions of authorisation generally
• 41 Changes to nominated directors and managers
• 42 Safety standards
• 43 Availability of documents
• 44 Taxi identification

Division 4 - Variation, suspension or cancellation of authorisation

• 45 Variation, suspension or cancellation of authorisation generally
• 46 Automatic suspensions
• 46A Surrender of authorisation

PART 4 - TAXI LICENCES

Division 1 - Licensing offences

• 47 Taxis must be licensed
• 48 Holder of taxi licence must comply with licence conditions
• 49 Stand-by taxis

Division 2 - Applications for licences

• 50 Categories of taxi licences
• 51 Applications for taxi licences
• 52 Determination of applications for taxi licences generally
53. (Repealed)
• 54 Conditions of taxi licences
• 55 Form of taxi licences
56. (Repealed)
• 57 Term of taxi licences
• 58 Renewal of taxi licences
• 59 Notice of decision

Division 3 - Conditions of taxi licences

• 60 Conditions of taxi licences generally
• 61 Safety standards
Divisions 4, 5 - (Repealed) None

Division 6 - Variation, suspension or cancellation of taxi licences

• 69 Variation, suspension or cancellation of taxi licences generally
• 69A Surrender of taxi licence

Division 7 - (Repealed)

PART 5 - FARES

• 74 Referrals to IPART
• 75 IPART investigations and recommendations
• 76 Fares orders
• 77 Non-cash payment surcharges
• 78 Overcharging for non-cash payment surcharge
• 79 Estimate of fares to be provided for booked services
• 80 Fare setting by providers of services

PART 6 - AUDITS, ENFORCEMENT ORDERS AND OTHER REMEDIES

Division 1 - Audit notices

• 81 Purpose of audit
• 82 Issue of audit notices

Division 2 - Improvement notices

• 83 Issue of improvement notices
• 84 Contents of improvement notices
• 85 Compliance with improvement notice
• 86 Extension of time for compliance with improvement notices

Division 3 - Prohibition notices

• 87 Power to issue prohibition notice
• 88 Contents of prohibition notice
• 89 Compliance with prohibition notice

Division 4 - General requirements applying to notices

• 90 Application of Division
• 91 Notice to be in writing
• 92 Recommendations in notice
• 93 Changes to notice by authorised officer
• 94 Commissioner may vary or cancel notice
• 95 Formal irregularities or defects in notice
• 96 Issue and giving of notice

Division 5 - Compliance orders

• 97 Application of Division
• 98 Orders for compliance with notices

Division 6 - Enforceable undertakings

• 99 Commissioner may accept undertakings
• 100 Notice of decision and reasons for decision
• 101 When an undertaking is enforceable
• 102 Compliance with undertaking
• 103 Contravention of undertaking
• 104 Withdrawal or variation of undertaking
• 105 Proceedings for alleged contravention

PART 7 - AUTHORISED OFFICERS AND INSPECTION POWERS

Division 1 - Authorised officers

• 106 Definition
• 107 Appointment of authorised officers by Commissioner
• 108 Limitations on functions
• 109 Identity cards must be issued
• 110 Identity cards to be shown
• 111 Functions of authorised officers
• 112 Inspections

Division 2 - Powers

• 113 Power of entry onto premises
• 114 Power to enter premises with consent
• 115 Power to enter premises
• 115A Persons assisting authorised officers
• 116 Powers after entering premises
• 117 Power to stop and detain motor vehicle
• 118 Notices requiring inspection or testing
• 119 Powers when inspecting vehicles
• 120 Securing a site
• 121 Production of documents
• 122 Retention of documents and other material
• 123 Power to require explanation of documents
• 124 Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions
• 125 Search warrants

PART 8 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Division 1 - Offences

• 126 Offences relating to inspections
• 127 Offences involving credentials
• 128 Offenders to state name and address
• 129 Prohibited advertisements
• 130 Return of number-plates
• 131 Vehicle owner's defence

Division 2 - Proceedings for offences

• 132 Imputing conduct to bodies corporate
• 133 Liability of directors etc for offences by body corporate--offences attracting executive liability
• 134 Ancillary offences
• 135 Penalty notices
• 136 Nature of proceedings for offences

PART 9 - POINT TO POINT TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER

• 137 Point to Point Transport Commissioner
• 138 Employment and remuneration
• 139 Functions of Commissioner
• 139A Powers of Commissioner to obtain information
• 140 Delegation
• 141 Acting Commissioner
• 142 Vacancy in office
• 143 Removal from office
• 144 Staff of Commissioner

PART 10 - REVIEWS AND APPEALS

• 145 Reviews by NCAT
• 146 Appeals to the Local Court
• 147 Procedures for Local Court appeals
• 148 Determination of appeals

PART 11 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 149 Exchange of information
• 150 Notification of offences and other information
• 151 Disclosure of authorisation and other information
• 152 Disclosure of information
• 153 Records and evidentiary matters
• 154 Extraterritorial application
• 155 Fees, charges and levies
• 156 Service of documents
• 157 Compensation not payable
• 158 Regulations
• 159 Review of taxi and hire vehicle industries impacts
• 160 Review of Act
• 161 Review--Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Amendment Act 2022
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2
• SCHEDULE 3
• SCHEDULE 4
Schedule 7 (Repealed)